Chicago Blues - Johnny Young

Advantages: Great blues!
Disadvantages: None. Whatsoever.

...and amused to find out that the CD is filled with modern material, and was released in 1992! Some of the tracks are old blues standards from the pens of such legendary blues greats as John Lee Hooker and Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, some are original pieces by Johnny himself. In fact, bizarre as it might seem, some of his own work sounds even more traditional than the works he covered. For example, Low Down Gal of Mine could easily have come from some rare recording session from the very early 1920s, only recently re-discovered in an old recording studio. (Yes, it really IS that good!) Johnny's other work, Leavin' Blues (complete with nicely understated blues slide guitar) is just about as good, too. His style can drift from Delta Blues to Chicago Blues via the slightly more countrified Texas Blues. The latter is unsurprising, seeing as Johnny... Read review

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Advantages: You hear some legends of the Blues playing together.
Disadvantages: None

...My introduction to this album was when I saw these musicians playing it live at the Union Chapel a couple of years back, when Pinetop Perkins was 91. The rest of the Band comprised Bob Margolin, Hubert Sumlin, Carey Bell, Tom "Mookie" Brill and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith. The Tracks are: Brutal Hearted Woman by Johnny Shines. Sweet (Little) Black Angel by Robert Nighthawk. One Day Your Gonna Get Lucky by Carey Bell Harrington the harmomica player. I'll Take Care Of You by Brook Benton. Juke by Little Walter. Mean Old Chicago by Bob Margolin Lead Guitar and Vocals. Always On My Mind by Wille Smith the drummer. Easy To Love You by Carey Bell Harrington. Last Time by Jimmy Rogers. Maybe The Hippies Were Right by Bob Margolin. Country Boy by McKinley Morganfield. Crazy 'Bout You Baby by Bob Margolin My New Baby Owns... Read review

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Advantages: 104 songs means great value for money, plus, a book!
Disadvantages: Not a chance of getting this on your CD shelf, it is a tall book too!

...)The Long Black Veil 16)Dark As a Dungeon 17)The Wall 18)Minutes To Go 19)Cocaine Blues 20)Doin' My Time 21)I Will Rock and Roll With You 22)Without Love 23)The Big Light 24)Highway Patrolman 25)I'm Never Gonna Roam Again 26)When I'm Gray 27)Forever Young Disc Three: The Great American Songbook This CD includes mostly traditional songs, sung by Johnny Cash. 1)The Wreck Of the Old 97 2)Rock Island Line 3)Goodnight Irene 4)Goodbye, Little Darlin' 5)Born To Lose 6)Walking the Blues 7)Frankie's Man, Johnny 8)Delia's Gone 9)In the Jailhouse Now 10)Waiting For a Train 11)Casey Jones 12)The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer 13)I've Been Working On the Railroad 14)Sweet Betsy From Pike 15)The Streets Of Laredo 16)Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie 17)Down In the Valley 18)Wabash Cannonball 19)The Great Speckle Bird 20)Wildwood Flower 21)In Them Old... Read review

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